---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066740-24-000058"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MMM"
cik: "0000066740"
company_name: "3M CO"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T21:59:19.166738+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 3M shareholders reject say-on-pay; all 12 directors elected at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 12 board nominees elected with majority support; Thomas Brown received lowest FOR votes at 321,985,620.
- Ratification of PwC as auditor passed with 409,951,992 FOR votes (93.6% of votes cast).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation failed: 153,684,148 FOR vs 185,471,337 AGAINST (not approved).
- Shareholder proposal on enhanced share ownership policy failed with 16,372,119 FOR vs 320,915,147 AGAINST.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066740-24-000058
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MMM
- cik: 0000066740
- company_name: 3M CO
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674024000058/0000066740-24-000058-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674024000058/mmm-20240514.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066740-24-000058
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066740-24-000058.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066740-24-000058.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: a17a76534e3f799e76c8d3d3244fd3ec36b9d6c7
  claim: 3M CO shareholders rejected The shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal on enhanced share ownership policy. at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal No.4 — The shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal on enhanced share ownership policy.* FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTE 16,372,119 320,915,147 4,448,441 95,991,883
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674024000058/0000066740-24-000058-index.htm
- claim_id: b2a2affe2d31b4347b7970b77bb1da9fce322fcf
  claim: 3M CO shareholders approved The shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as 3M's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024. at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal No. 2 — The shareholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as 3M's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTE 409,951,992 26,229,163 1,546,435 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674024000058/0000066740-24-000058-index.htm
- claim_id: d6adabf42b4b73f41628dcb87f63a292edc1597a
  claim: 3M CO shareholders rejected The shareholders did not approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers as described in the Company's 2024 Proxy Statement. at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal No. 3 — The shareholders did not approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers as described in the Company's 2024 Proxy Statement. FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN BROKER NON-VOTE 153,684,148 185,471,337 2,580,222 95,991,883
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674024000058/0000066740-24-000058-index.htm

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